The long coveted idea of Over-The-Top (or OTT) TV distribution (through services such as Google TV, Apple TV, or Boxee), which would lead in turn to tens of millions of consumers "cutting the cord" with their cable provider will further take hold in 2011, but will largely disappoint consumers.
Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government, and that we must find new solutions.
This dynamic will only be exasperated if the current wave of volatility takes further hold -- which it will, because the recent past notwithstanding, volatile markets are the norm, not the aberration.
The thesis further holds that little will change as a result of the settlement's reforms.
We minimize our political gains with the people of Cuba when we further their hardship under Castro by not allowing any type of transactions with the U.S. President Obama's loosening of restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuban families with relatives in the U.S. will further weaken the hold of the Castro brothers' regime on the island.
Additionally, the civilian casualties that result from Assad's use of artillery and aircraft to bombard rebel held neighborhoods will further damage the regime's image abroad.
Moreover, he said, the bank fears that the yen will further appreciate, and it wants to hold a further rate cut in reserve.
That is why I will be reintroducing my legislation to limit funding in Afghanistan to the safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops and military contractors and will further work with my colleagues to hold the President accountable for a significant July reduction in U.S. military presence.
And, just as he went back to painting after a 13-year hiatus, to horses after a 15-year break, or on to the Turner Prize nominees list after a 12-year absence, the future will undoubtedly hold further surprises.
